[Waverunner]

They would have done better to build a moon base, then a really big telescope like this,.
link at https://www.technologyreview.com/s/410253/a-moon-based-telescope/

[minnesota_bound]

Extremely Large Telescope. Complete in 2024 on Earth. 3rd planet from the Sun. 1,560 inches or 130 feet diameter equivalent size mirror. Focal length‎: ‎743.4 m or 2,439 ft 0 in It has around 256 times the light gathering area of the Hubble Space Telescope and, according to the ELT's specifications, would provide images 16 times sharper than those from Hubble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope